boutad | 6 years ago | on: Google offers certificate to help IT career growth
According to this(https://grow.google/programs/it-support/), BofA, PNC, Intel, Hulu, Wallmart, and others care about it.
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boutad | 6 years ago | on: Trying out the Pinebook Pro – a $200 ARM Laptop
Depends what you mean when you say like this. You can find some x86 Chromebooks for that price but they wouldn't be as open.
boutad | 6 years ago | on: Trying out the Pinebook Pro – a $200 ARM Laptop
Yes, that is listed on the product page.
boutad | 6 years ago | on: A Sad Day for Rust
Wouldn't it be better if there was one repo that had all of the fixes?
boutad | 6 years ago | on: The 100 Year Starship
> It has been argued that an interstellar mission that cannot be completed within 50 years should not be started at all. Instead, assuming that a civilization is still on an increasing curve of propulsion system velocity and not yet having reached the limit, the resources should be invested in designing a better propulsion system. This is because a slow spacecraft would probably be passed by another mission sent later with more advanced propulsion (the incessant obsolescence postulate).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstellar_travel#Wait_calcu...
boutad | 6 years ago | on: EU considers temporary ban on facial recognition in public spaces
Good thing the UK are able to pass their own laws.
boutad | 6 years ago | on: Microsoft’s quest to go ‘carbon negative’ inspires $1B fund
I think carbon to value is the best way. If valuable uses for carbon are found companies will work on carbon capture themselves without political purpose.
boutad | 6 years ago | on: A Sad Day for Rust
Then you might end up with a bunch of different forks each with different fixes applied.
boutad | 6 years ago | on: How The New York Times Verified the Iran Missile-Strike Footage
Why did BBC put quotes around the word arrested in the title?
boutad | 6 years ago | on: FBI unlocked iPhone 11 Pro via GrayKey, raising more doubts about Pensacola case
Once again, it seems that it was an excuse to weaken the security of all iPhone users rather than getting information from a specific device. In the case of San Bernandino the FBI was able to use Cellebrite to crack the attacker iPhone without Apple creating backdoors.
boutad | 6 years ago | on: Vulkan 1.2
Does Vulkan have an answer to DirectX Raytracing?
boutad | 6 years ago | on: DEA seized father’s life savings at airport without alleging any crime occurred
If you want to help fight against these sort of injustices, considering donating to the Institue for Justice. They are available as an option for Amazon Smile. Read more about civil asset forfeiture on their website:
boutad | 6 years ago | on: To solve problems caused by sitting, learn to squat (2017)
> there are studies to suggest that populations that spend excessive time in a deep squat (hours per day), do have a higher incidence of knee and osteoarthritis issues.
boutad | 6 years ago | on: To solve problems caused by sitting, learn to squat (2017)
The article said:
> “Every joint in our body has synovial fluid in it. This is the oil in our body that provides nutrition to the cartilage,” Jam says. “Two things are required to produce that fluid: movement and compression. So if a joint doesn’t go through its full range—if the hips and knees never go past 90 degrees—the body says ‘I’m not being used’ and starts to degenerate and stops the production of synovial fluid.”
boutad | 6 years ago | on: Show HN: Murex – non-Posix shell designed for productivity
Cisco did sue Apple over the trademark for iPhone[1]. When Apple later used the name iOS they came to a private agreement with Cisco[2]. If they just used the same name without coming to terms with Cisco, they surely would have been sued again.
[1] https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-cisco-settle-iphone-trademar...
[2] https://appleinsider.com/articles/10/06/08/cisco_licenses_io...
boutad | 6 years ago | on: Letting slower passengers board airplane first is faster, study finds
Why is it better to board first? From my perspective, minimizing time spent in cramped air planes seats the better.
boutad | 6 years ago | on: JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for developers
That seems like it would be difficult to type.
boutad | 6 years ago | on: JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for developers
Yes, many fonts use double story 'a' for roman and single story 'ɑ' for italic. Calibri, Segoe UI, Times New Roman, Droid Serif, Merriweather, Consolas, and Source Sans Pro are examples I found from quick searching.
boutad | 6 years ago | on: Apple’s “monopsony” power, and the woman who named it
I think Valve takes a 30% cut on Steam and Steam predates the iOS App Store.
boutad | 6 years ago | on: Mailchimp has terminated Stefan Molyneux’s account
Considering he is an anarchist, I don't think he is trying to encroach on the rights of anyone.
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